Medicare expenditures 80% higher for patients who were obese earlier in life
Case Management Weekly, December 9, 2004
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Individuals who were overweight in young adulthood or middle age cost Medicare 80% more than those who were of normal weight. A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that average Medicare expenditures for someone who was normal weight earlier in life cost around $76,000 for women and $100,000 for men. For someone who was obese the costs go as high as $176,947 for severely obese men. Researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago, who conducted the study, say this spells trouble for Medicare's future because more than 60% of the population is either overweight or obese.
Source: Journal of American Medical Association
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